Gore Lost, Bush Won, Get Over It Already

Here we are, almost 4 years out from Al Gore’s defeat at the hands of George Bush in the 2000 election, and the Democrats are still claiming W. stole the election.

Listening to Gore ramble on about it last night was almost pathetic in a way — sort of like watching White Snake or Poison, ya know one of those washed up eighties hair bands that hasn’t had a hit in years, trying to get their career going after a decade without a hit.

After the Gorebot’s speech, they even tried recreating the “magic” of the Tipper/Al kiss. And while it obviously…ahem…got Tipper VERY excited =D, it still felt tired and stale just like Al Gore’s cutesy, yet still pouty rhetoric about the 2000 election.

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– Bush won the recount mandated by the Florida State Supreme Court that was ruled unconstitutional by the USSC 9-0. The USSC then ruled another FSSC recount unconstitutional 7-2 and stopped any further recounts via a 5-4 vote.

– Bush won the recount after the election done by the Miami Herald. Here’s a headline and the first paragraph…

“REVIEW SHOWS BALLOTS SAY BUSH

Republican George W. Bush’s victory in Florida, which gave him the White House, almost certainly would have endured even if a recount stopped by the U.S. Supreme Court had been allowed to go forward.”

– Bush also won a 2nd recount done after the election by eight media groups. Here’s what the New York Times, certainly not a Bush supporting paper, had to say about that. I am quoting the headline and the first paragraph…

“Study of Disputed Florida Ballots Finds Justices Did Not Cast the Deciding Vote

A comprehensive review of the uncounted Florida ballots from last year’s presidential election reveals that George W. Bush would have won even if the United States Supreme Court had allowed the statewide manual recount of the votes that the Florida Supreme Court had ordered to go forward”

Now again I’ll ask the question; how many times do the exact same ballots have to be recounted before the Democrats will concede that Bush won?”

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It may have been close, but without question, Bush won & Gore lost. It’s just that simple for people who aren’t blind partisans or sore losers…